On the other hand, I have to admit that I found Imperial Hubris contradictory and bizarre...
Yet, I feel that all of this flailing about (reflected in that book) indicates that they are failing. We need to reform the CIA fast...
Screw the old personal system. Kick out all of the liberals and wimps. Hire all of the smart young folks in America and put them to work.
It was. On one level he takes the lefty's usual view that Osama's hate is not about "us" but merely our foreign policy in the Middle east (leaving out Timor, Kashmir, Phillipines, etc.) Ie, ideology has nothing to do with Osama's views.
Then he starts tacitly acknowledging Wahhabist views of permanent jihad and such. He's hard to follow. But he gains credibility since the Bush admin does little to inform discussion.